IT vendors are increasingly warming up to Indian state governments. Last week saw Intel signing MoUs with three Indian state governments and today Microsoft announced its partnership with the government of West Bengal.
A MoU to that effect...

While many believe CIO's role is evolving and that he's occupying a key place in the boardroom, a recent study brings to light that more than half of the CIO, CTO or IT admin staff (55%) are not thanked by colleagues for carrying out essential IT tasks on their behalf.